Recruiters
Wondering what the tech community's take on recruiters is, after all being recruited and accepting the job means 1/2 your paycheck goes towards the staffing agency.
They take so much I manage all of our resources contracts and a pm can run 160k and they can't be making more than 80
Utterly useless. Use linked in or other means to connect to HR staff at the company. Recruiters don't care about what you want to do, just about filling positions.
Not close to half.
Having started looking recently, I gotta say internal recruiters arent exactly responsive or easy to get a hold of. At least outside recruiters know they only get paid if they place someone. Internal recruiters seem to act like theyre the ones doing you a favor... just an observation...
Having just moved jobs, LinkedIn was the best bet. Cracked open my inbox, found a few recent offers from internal folks, had a new gig in a few weeks. And, it's something I wanted to do, unlike recruiters who always bring crap.
A good internal recruiter will respond in a reasonable amount of time and be direct about whether they have something suitable to your background and expertise. I have found that approaching in house recruiters with a quick note letting them know you have applied to an open role is the best way to get a conversation started.
Outside recruiters can be great if you find a good one. look for the ones that specialize in your field and can understand what you do. Make sure they don't have 50 open positions. They will do anything for you if you are quality, and I've never heard of them taking over 30% in my experience.
15% is pretty standard. And 30% would be the max I have heard of as well. And that is extremely rare.
I pay for recruiting at $120 an hour, and it ends up running about 10-15K per software engineering hire. Paying on commission is a good way to get a million crap candidates shoved at you.
Recruitment is on the way out. HR tools are stronger and stronger. Linked in is how I got my last tech job, and now I'm an IT director and are a vendor of clients like Boeing, Accor, etc.
No one is putting a gun to your head and demanding you use a recruiter.